stiff
v.— «I sort of got into it in case the album did stiff and I’d have a job. But it went well so I’ve never had to work there.» —“Not ill, just a Gough” Adelaide Advertiser (Australia) Jan. 21, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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How colors got their names, and a strange way to write. The terms blue and orange arrived in English via French, so why didn’t we also adapt the French for black and white? • Not every example of writing goes in one direction across the page...